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I Can Actually Get Involved In Getting Stories Off The Ground That No One Would Ask Me To Be In Because I'm The Wrong Age, The Wrong Sex, The Wrong Nationality, Or Whatever. I've Found It Quite Exhilarating To Have That Freedom To Tell The Stories That Aren't Just About Middle-aged White English Guys.

The Great Thing About Dealing With People About Whom We Have Historical Resources, Is That If The Writing Needs Work, There's Everywhere To Go To Enrich It.

It's An Unknown Quantity. It's Actually Almost A Cliché To Say It, How Hard Comedy Is. What's That Famous Quote? "dying Is Easy, Comedy's Hard." I Think The Broader It Gets, If You Miss By A Millimetre, You've Missed Completely. It's A Very Hard Thing To Do.

So, You Don't Have Laughs As A Reference Point Any More, It Becomes A Bit Of A Science After That. And The Last Thing, You Would Love To Be Able To Depend On A Sense Of Spontaneity, But Hours Of Waiting And Then Hours Of Repetition Are Not Conducive To Spontaneity So Those Are Your Obstacles. On The Other Hand It's A Lot Of Fun. Plunging Into A Bit Of Physical Comedy And Abandoning All Dignity, No One Can Really Hurt You Much After You Much After That, Once You've Done It.

However Good A Communicator A Director Is, Unless They've Been Actors, It's Just Not The Same As The Shorthand You Get With Someone Who's Been An Actor.